Rolling Thunder Revue

The Rolling Thunder Revue was a tour headed by Bob Dylan in the fall of 1975 and the spring of 1976. The release of his album Desire fell between the two legs of the tour.

Related Topics:
Bob Dylan - 1975 - 1976 - Desire

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Among those featured in the revue were Joan Baez, Roger McGuinn, Rambling Jack Elliott, Kinky Friedman, Joni Mitchell and Bob Neuwirth, who assembled the backing musicians (including T-Bone Burnett, Mick Ronson and David Mansfield and, from the Desire sessions, violinist Scarlet Rivera, bassist Rob Stoner and drummer Howie Wyeth). Poet Allen Ginsberg, accompanied the tour for most of its 1975 run, but his planned recitations (as well as some performances by other Revue members) were cut before the opening date to keep the concerts at a manageable length.

Related Topics:
Joan Baez - Roger McGuinn - Rambling Jack Elliott - Kinky Friedman - Joni Mitchell - Bob Neuwirth - T-Bone Burnett - Mick Ronson - David Mansfield - Scarlet Rivera - Rob Stoner - Howie Wyeth - Allen Ginsberg

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Dylan's 1978 symbolist-romance-cum-concert-film Renaldo and Clara was filmed on the 1975 tour. Selections from this leg, which covered the northeastern United States and southeastern Canada, make up the album Live 1975 (The Bootleg Series Volume 5), while the 1976 tour (of the American south) produced the NBC television special Hard Rain, along with an album of the same name.

Related Topics:
Renaldo and Clara - Album

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